In the process of spiritual advancement, various problems accumulate within us, growing like a snowball, and they appear before us in the form of a huge mountain (Har—from Hirhurim, doubts). Inner work brings us to painful hesitations: on the one hand, we cannot break away from corporeal life, and on the other hand, it no longer holds any special interest for us. The Book of Zohar describes uneasy, troubling states, when an inner voice awakens within us and asks: “Wouldn’t it be better to step away from this mountain?” Already at the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, the brave among the people stood closer to the mountain, while those who felt fear and doubt stood farther away. This indicates that for each person there exists his own limit - how much he is willing to sacrifice in order to merit ascent into the spiritual world. A person engaged in Kabbalah, after some time, begins to feel confusion and helplessness: the inspiration disappears, everything becomes dull, unclear, joyless. At this moment, it is very important not to make a mistake and not to turn from the path. Nothing happens in vain. All the heaviest states descend from Above so that we, making efforts in study, dissemination, and connection among us, may elevate in our eyes the importance of the goal. We must demand from the Upper Force to raise us above the boundary of life and death, so that we relate to everything happening from the perspective of eternity, and not of fleeting corporeal existence. We are obliged to “break through” this boundary, to annul it, and to feel the state of eternity and perfection here and now.